Competition postpones the match against Valencia’s Espanyol, whose next rival is Betis

In the statement, the RFEF points out, referring to the authority that decides to postpone the matches, that to this day “the very serious consequences derived from the catastrophe that occurred in various areas of the east and south of the peninsula persist, especially in the Valencian Community, considering very especially the general emotional state of society for the very regrettable fatalities suffered as well as the general loss of property, infrastructure, homes,” they indicate, but not before highlighting the impossibility of the crash at a time like the one we are experiencing: “The situation that the Valencian Community is going through and the city of Valencia in particular, is a prototypical case of what should be considered a case constituting force majeure. For this reason, this single Judge of Professional Competitions, like the RFEF, is no stranger to the situation of extreme need, urgency, anguish and unrest that is suffered in the region, which is why it is appropriate to consider the requests for suspension and/or postponement. carried out”, specifies the federative postponement.

In principle, the date for Valencia – Betis is still set for Sunday, November 23 at 2:00 p.m. in Mestalla, a stadium that has already seen how the match against Real Madrid has been postponed just days ago due, as we say, to the tragedy of DANA in several areas of Spain, and among them the Valencian autonomous community, which is the one that will host the new First Division match if possible. It could be if circumstances allow it that Pellegrini’s painting will be the first to be contested in a land that is inevitably marked by the pain suffered in recent days.

There are still several weeks left, specifically three, taking into account that after Celta’s test at Villamarín there are a whole break due to selections involved in which Valencia is expected to experience some improvement, even if it is slight. It is still early at all levels to see the most affected points in the province, which is what the entire society wants, but as many organizations and clubs among them say, having football if it can be so is without a doubt doubt synonymous with the fact that normality is at least close to being recovered. As of today, it is early and there is currently no formal request from Valencia or Betis or the Spanish Football Federation, which will surely be very attentive to how the situation evolves in order to help the clubs that are worse off. They are going through it because of DANA.

This is how Valencia requested the suspension of their match against Espanyol

«Given the dramatic consequences that the province of Valencia has suffered and is suffering as a result of DANA, which has flooded roads, entire towns and communication routes, leaving players and workers directly affected by it, isolated in their localities, and that To this day its dire consequences have not subsided.Valencia CF, through this document, formally requests the postponement of the match corresponding to matchday 13 of the National League Championship, against RCD Espanyol of Barcelona, ​​scheduled for next Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. due to a cause of force majeure.